Favicon's That Don't Load

[Chuck]

I'm sure everyone has noticed this at some point (whether on your own sites or on others) but what is the deal with favicons that aren't always displayed?

Sometimes it seems like you have a 50/50 chance of actually seeing a favicon when loading a page that you KNOW has one. And to make things even more confusing, sometimes simply refreshing the page fixes the issue, so it seems unlikely that this is caused by an actual code-based error.

All I can come up with at the moment is that it may be related to your connection speed. Maybe your browser skips the favicon (although extremely tiny) to help load the page faster.

I know it doesn't really matter, but it is aggravating to put time into a finishing touch like that, and know that some readers will never see it, and I'm sure someone out there knows the real reason (and possibly a solution).

[kingcobra]

I've never had trouble with them Chuck. Sounds like a browser issue. I use Firefox, other browsers I can't say. I've got malware which has hijacked my search with IE anyway and as experienced as I am with this crap I wasn't able to get rid of it with any utilities I own so I gave up on it and prefer Firefox anyway.

[themike537]

I use Firefox as well and have ran into this a few times. Also, a lot of times my Favorites on the top of Firefox have the wrong favicons listed for a while - they always sort themselves out though.

[Chuck]

Yeah, I'm on a Mac so it definitely isn't an IE issue. Only using Firefox.

[JamesLomas]

Could well be a firefox issue. I had the same problem when I used firefox, but never with chrome.

[Ozpoker]

I have an issue in Opera with favicons but it only occurs on previous bookmarked sites - maybe delete bookmark if exists and then reload ?

Check you code too - should look like this

[Brandon Lam]

Is it only not showing up sometimes on YOUR computer? Check it out on a different computer that doesn't have your site saved in its cache.

I had this problem as well but once I cleared my browser history, temp files etc, it never happened again

[Chuck]

Is it only not showing up sometimes on YOUR computer? Check it out on a different computer that doesn't have your site saved in its cache.

I had this problem as well but once I cleared my browser history, temp files etc, it never happened again

Yep, that looks like the problem. Thanks for the help.

[Marcelo]

It happens to me on firefox. Sometimes I visit pokerstars for example and the favicon for my site bookmark becomes Stars symbol.

[Brandon Lam]

Yep, that looks like the problem. Thanks for the help.

No prob man